Cycle of child abuse- Intergenerational transmission of inappropriate parenting in a nonhuman primate

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590176
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Miwa Miki 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 特定研究員 (50645348)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAMURA Katsuki 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 教授 (70243110)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: コモンマーモセット / 不適切養育 / 「尾食い」 / 世代間伝達 / 嗜癖

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the aim of clarify the mechanism of intergenerarional transmission of inappropriate parenting, we investigated neonates' tail biting in common marmosets. As a result, victims from tail biting have a tendency to bite their own neonate's tail when they have seen the behavior or had an experience in the taste. Moreover, we have shown that the shape of neonate's tail may cause the behavior, and olfactory and/or taste repellent have successfully made marmosets to avoid to contact neonate's tail, which may prevent and cease the behavior.

Free Research Field

霊長類獣医学、霊長類行動学